European mobility network for vocational training in floristy Erasmus Project

Project Title

European mobility network for vocational training in floristy

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Quality Assurance; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Recognition, transparency, certification

Project Summary

VocFlo responded to current developments in VET policy in the European Union. These in turn are a response to the economic policy objectives of Agenda 2020. The EU wants to ensure that by the year 2020 75% of the people in working age are in employment. The currently extremely high levels of youth unemployment in many regions of Europe make clear what efforts are needed to achieve this goal. One of the causes of youth unemployment is seen in the lack of employability of vocational training graduates. It is criticized that many VET systems are too remote from the economy and offer insufficient opportunities to acquire the professional and personal skills required by the labor market. The EU therefore calls on its members to reform VET. VET and the economy have to cooperate with each other to compensate for the existing deficits.

At this point the project VocFlo starts. Educational institutions at various levels and professional associations of floristry, together with experienced project coordinators, agreed on conceptual foundations for economic and European cross-border vocational training in this sector. They described units of learning outcomes and assigned learning outcomes to them. In order to facilitate the transfer of these units of learning outcomes into educational practice, methodological-didactic guidelines were designed for teachers. The results of the project were examined during its runtime in a Methodology Workshop for teachers as well as a Student Camp for their practicality and compatibility with the different vocational training systems. A training program has been developed and tested, which will enable further teachers and multipliers in floristry to implement the learning outcomes approach in their institutions.
To ensure sustainability and to support the transfer of results into VET practice, a network, the European Mobility Network for Vocational Training in Floristry, has been established and cooperation with new network partners has been initiated. In the future, this network will offer cross-border mobilities where participants can complete selected units of learning outcomes. The project’s products therefore include a organizational handbook for mobilities. The course of the project is documented in a field report, which is also used to disseminate the project results.

The project contributes to improving the quality of training in floristry (strengthening the economic relevance of training), contributes to improving the transparency between European vocational qualifications and opens up possibilities for strengthening cross-border training cooperation (mobilities).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 295237 Eur

Project Coordinator

SACHSISCHE BILDUNGSGESELLSCHAFT FURUMWELTSCHUTZ UND CHEMIEBERUFE DRESDEN MBH – SBG & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Fachverband Deutscher Floristen Landesverband Sachsen e.V.
• NTI-MMM Multilateral Monitoring and Management
• Stichting ROC West-Brabant
• Stredni skola zahradnicka a zemedelska Antonina Emanuela Komerse, Decin – Libverda, prispevkova organizace
• Stredna odborna skola Pruske 294
• SZKOLA GLOWNA GOSPODARSTWA WIEJSKIEGO
• Vilniaus paslaugu verslo darbuotoju profesinio rengimo centras